Best High Schools in California

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the CAST and Smarter Balanced Assessments test scores by the California Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 10, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 2323)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
060213412564	871	IvyTech Charter	Public, Charter	7-12	6591 Collins Dr. Ste. E4	Moorpark	93021	Ventura County	IvyTech Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 222-5188	60	7	8.9	40.0%	34 (56.7%)	1 (1.7%)	21 (35.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.7%)								49.5	29.3	1438	567
060903012267	872	Clovis Online Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1655 David E Cook Way	Clovis	93611	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 327-4400	667	23	29.1	40.8%	215 (32.2%)	19 (2.8%)	324 (48.6%)	55 (8.2%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (6.9%)	$6,763							49.5	52.6	811	61
062286003497	873	Los Molinos High	Public	9-12	7900 Sherwood Blvd.	Los Molinos	96055	Tehama County	Los Molinos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 384-7900	194	13	14.8	59.3%	81 (41.8%)	0 (0.0%)	99 (51.0%)	4 (2.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.1%)								49.4	44.8	995	122
062271003088	874	Hollywood Senior High	Public	9-12	1521 North Highland Ave.	Los Angeles	90028	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 993-1700	1,052	65	16.1	90.4%	125 (11.9%)	130 (12.4%)	722 (68.6%)	53 (5.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (1.8%)	$10,890							49.4	40.8	1112	238
060204314046	875	Ednovate - Legacy College Prep.	Public, Charter	9-12	1450 17th St.	Santa Ana	92705	Orange County	Ednovate - Legacy College Prep. District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 988-2775	421	20	20.8	81.7%	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	410 (97.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)								49.4	48	913	38
062181002589	876	Linden High	Public	9-12	18527 East Front St.	Linden	95236	San Joaquin County	Linden Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 887-3073	720	38	18.9	71.5%	205 (28.5%)	1 (0.1%)	479 (66.5%)	16 (2.2%)	12 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.0%)	$8,163							49.4	38.7	1184	308
063398005332	877	Alisal High	Public	9-12	777 Williams Rd.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Salinas Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-7600	2,791	123	22.6	97.1%	12 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	2,734 (98.0%)	30 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (0.3%)	$9,059							49.4	44.8	997	120
069102311839	878	Forest Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	470 Searls Ave.	Nevada City	95959	Nevada County	Nevada County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 265-4823	806	39	20.6	41.6%	618 (76.7%)	1 (0.1%)	108 (13.4%)	6 (0.7%)	9 (1.1%)	3 (0.4%)	53 (6.6%)	$9,667							49.3	55.5	746	132
063201004923	879	Red Bluff High	Public	9-12	1260 Union St.	Red Bluff	96080	Tehama County	Red Bluff Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 529-8710	1,584	80	19.7	79.6%	840 (53.0%)	15 (0.9%)	589 (37.2%)	32 (2.0%)	36 (2.3%)	4 (0.3%)	60 (3.8%)								49.2	54.1	784	95
060163114339	880	Trivium Charter School Adventure	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1600 Berkeley Dr.	Lompoc	93436	Santa Barbara County	Trivium Charter School Adventure District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(805) 291-1303	257	10	26.6	35.4%	152 (59.1%)	3 (1.2%)	57 (22.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	43 (16.7%)								49.2	56.3	730	150

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on CAST Science, Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy, Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics test scores released by the California Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 10, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the California Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the California Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.